We spent a few days in Ottawa this weekend. After not seeing my old 427 4 speed 66 Grande Parisienne for about 29 1/2 years, I got to ride in it AND drive it yesterday! I had never met the current owners, and never knew who they were until I was able to track it down in 2008 (with help from some site members here as well as a Kijiji "wanted" ad). I've kept in touch with them since that time and when my wife and I were visiting their region this weekend, they graciously consented to me coming to visit. Yesterday morning I saw them, this morning we flew home.
By coincidence, one of the owners flew to Winnipeg today, so tonight I drove to Winnipeg and took him for a ride in another 4 speed 66 Pontiac, although only a 283, (my Strato Chief)!
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1966 Strato Chief 2 door, 427 4 speed, 45,000 original miles
1966 Grande Parisienne, 396 1 of 23 factory air cars (now converted to a "factory" 4 speed)
I had a couple hours to snoop around the 70 convertible and pull a few easy things off. Car is amazingly solid as the floor is all there. Has some good windshield trim and I even flashed her up which was the biggest surprise. Sounds pretty good with a nice smooth idle. Sure it hasnt run in 20 years.
63 Parisienne sport coupe (The Big GTO), black, maroon interior, 409 4 speed; former owner of a 59 El Camino, 63 Corvette SWC, 62 Chev Bel Air SC. 1963- Pontiac top selling car in Canada
Mahone Bay, NS Still not old enough to need an automatic
We had wicked winds last night -100kmh+ gusts. We lost power at midnight and are still without. It's all good. We have the wood stove going and Connie made our all important morning coffee on it. There's power in town so I got fuel for the generator. Ran the well pump long enough to flush toilets, fill up containers etc. We're told we could be without power until tomorrow morning. Lots of trees down on the island. Tonights dinner will be bacon and "farm fresh" eggs cooked on the wood stove.
Still without power. I cut and split some more wood as we'll be using a fair bit until the power comes back. Rearranged the shed putting the lawn tractor etc to the back and the snowblower and shovels to the front. One step closer to being prepared for winter!
we have a blizzard happening, im waiting for all the accident calls over the radio, burned through a lot of fire wood before the 31, finally put my furnace back in which took two hours to reprime. no finish the reno before december
I needed two more plug wire brackets that mount on the valve cover above the exhaust manifold and got a bit impatient with not being able to find them. So I thought I might just reproduce them myself. It took me a couple hours but I think I did a fairly decent first attempt. Two are original and two are reproductions.
-- Edited by ROSIES CAR on Wednesday 7th of November 2018 05:22:21 PM
I needed two more plug wire brackets that mount on the valve cover above the exhaust manifold and got a bit impatient with not being able to find them. So I thought I might just reproduce them myself. It took me a couple hours but I think I did a fairly decent first attempt. Two are original and two are reproductions.
-- Edited by ROSIES CAR on Wednesday 7th of November 2018 05:22:21 PM
All stock stuff is working again!